London Web Summit

01/03/2012

Populis has today announced its support of the recently launched London Web Summit: a culmination of the two largest web and start up conferences in the UK & Ireland, GeeknRolla and the Dublin Web Summit, which have merged to create the London Web Summit.

Taking place on March 19th in the Brewery, London, TechCrunch Europe Editor Mike Butcher will co-curate the Summit along with Paddy Cosgrave of the Dublin Web Summit. Supporting the event as a media partner, Populis will be covering every aspect of the event, the first of its kind to take place in the Capital. From interviewing the movers and shakers, to covering the conference topics alongside back stage and corridor gossip; the latest news will be published across Excite UK’s Digital Edge channel and on Blogo.co.uk.

In true start up spirit there will be a start up competition which will be chaired by Mike Butcher with a prize fund of £35,000 and can be entered by applying here. The Summit will also provide great opportunities to hear from international speakers, networking with leading startups, investors, media and digital leaders.

Already with over 500 confirmed attendees, the London Web Summit is set to become one of the key events in Europe for the web and start up community. Luca Ascani, Co Founder and Chairman of Populis said, 'We are delighted to be a media partner of what will become one of the most important events in the web sector’s calendar. The high level of speakers, sponsors and attendees will provide a stimulating, informative and highly useful place for both start ups and multinationals alike. There is already a huge amount of buzz surrounding the Summit and we’re looking forward to covering every aspect of it!'

'We're delighted to have Populis on board as a media partner for London Web Summit, it's great to see an established tech company put their resources around promoting tech startups and events like this' said Paddy Cosgrave, Co Organiser, London Web Summit.

The Platinum Partner of the first London Web Summit has been announced as Blackberry, with Balderton Capital and Enterprise Ireland as Silver Partners. Wired, The Next Web and The Kernal are also Media Partners alongside Populis and further partners, speakers and attendees will be announced in the run up to the event.